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Naturalness and iconicity in language /
Iconicity and naturalness remain controversial concepts in recent linguistic research. The present volume aims to scrutinize unresolved issues of iconicity and naturalness in language. The studies discuss topics such as naturalism in the philosophy of language and the epistemology of linguistics, li...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam, NL :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
2008.
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| Colección: | Iconicity in language and literature ;
v. 7. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Naturalness and Iconicity in Language; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Contributors; Editors; Introduction; Philosophical naturalism and linguistic epistemology; Prolegomena to a general theory of iconicity considerations on language, gesture, and pictures; Semiotic foundations of natural linguistics and diagrammatic iconicity; Naturalness and markedness; Natural and unnatural sound patterns; The iconic function of full inversion in English; What is iconic about polysemy?; Iconicity in sign languages; Arbitrary structure, cognitive grammar, and the partes orationis.